• Investment Dealers' Digest one-month trial subscription
• IDDMagazine.com one-month trial subscription
• Free e-newsletters
• Free whitepapers

Private Equity

C.P. Eaton Expands Ranks

March 11, 2010 - C.P. Eaton Partners hired Loren Boston, a fundraising veteran and former global head of origination for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private-equity funds group, as part of the advisory firm's efforts to grab market share from larger rivals.

Scoping the Tech Horizon

March 4, 2010 - For all the bullishness over tech M&A, no one seems ready to proclaim the market fully open, nor does anyone predict another banner year like 2007, when $193 billion of tech transactions were completed.

Agribusiness Banking Crops Up Anew on Wall Street

March 4, 2010 - Investment bankers have found that, at a time when food commodity prices are above historical levels, interest is heightened in cross-border transactions among agribusiness companies.

A Consumer Sector with a Healthy M&A Appetite

March 4, 2010 - Food-and-beverage companies are seeking both product growth and distribution efficiency through acquisitions.

Arriving in Familiar Territory

March 4, 2010 - Shannon Lowry Nagle’s first day as a partner in Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice may have been this week, but she’s no stranger to Fried Frank partners such as Gary Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler.

PE’s New Deal Flavor: Joint Ventures

March 4, 2010 - With debt financing still tough to come by, private-equity investors are teaming up with deep-pocketed corporations to find new transactions and help finance their deals.

Jefferies Chases Consumer M&A

February 18, 2010 - M&A veteran Nigel Bell recently joined Jefferies & Co. as a managing director as part of its expanded focus on consumer products.

Guess Who's Come to the Middle Market?

February 18, 2010 - Bulge-bracket firms have a bigger presence than many think, and Goldman Sachs is a dominant force.

IPO Buyers Get Picky

February 18, 2010 - Private-equity firms are finding a lukewarm reception from IPO investors concerned about high valuations in new offerings.

U.S. Players Fret as EU Eyes PE Limits

February 11, 2010 - Proposed EU regulations have U.S. private-equity players buzzing. Most private-equity players acknowledge that if the rules to restrict the use of leverage are enacted, their own activities abroad will be crimped. They also fear that U.S. regulators may follow suit — raising a host of other concerns.

The Return of Nomura

February 11, 2010 - The Japanese firm, which has stumbled before in the U.S., says this may be the ideal time to try again.

Global Results from an American Beachhead

February 11, 2010 - A U.S. operation is helping Linklaters establish itself as a bigger player in the cross-border M&A advisory field.

Boutique Fills Sponsor-Coverage Gaps

February 11, 2010 - William Blair & Co. has taken a big step to amend the gaps in its private-equity coverage of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast with the hire of ex-Wachovia PE banker Charles Watson.

Eaglepoint Sees More Workouts

February 4, 2010 - Though the financial markets may be gaining some traction, San Francisco-based Eaglepoint Advisors expects to keep working on corporate restructurings, so the new firm hired former Polaroid CEO Gary DiCamillo to run its new Boston office.

Banks Already Acting, Reacting on 'Volcker Rule'

February 4, 2010 - Morgan Stanley, Citi Private Equity, JPMorgan Chase among those anticipating policy changes, whether the proposal passes or not.